Details: COMPRESSOR
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you’re not playing), he just stands there with the gate closed. When the sound gets to
a certain level – and crosses a particular Threshold of volume – the gate keeper
swings the gate open and lets the sound go by. He keeps listening to hear when the
input level drops back down again below the threshold. And when it does, he swings
the gate shut again.
Decay - As the gate swings closed, the sound is gradually pinched off. The speed of
the gate closing controls the speed of the sound Decay.
When you’re setting the Noise Gate, you’ll probably find it helpful to begin by turning
the Threshold to zero, and then (while not playing) gradually turning up the
Threshold until the hiss and noise level drops suddenly – because the gate just closed.
Now try playing a little bit, and see if the tail of your sustaining notes decays naturally,
or gets “chopped.” If things are getting chopped, your gate is probably closing too
quickly, and you need to increase the Noise Gate’s Decay time. You may also have
gone a little far with that Threshold control. Try tweaking it back a bit.
HUM CANCELLER
The Hum Canceller is a special kind of gate: when the input signal is below the
Threshold, it cancels out hum from the AC power line.
You get two Hum Canceller controls: On/Off, and Threshold (0-99). When setting
the Hum Canceller, start with the Threshold at zero, and turn up slowly until the
canceller kicks in.
COMPRESSOR
A compressor “squeezes” your sound so that the softer sounds are louder and the louder
sounds won’t be as loud. It helps to even out your playing by giving a more consistent
output volume, and can also be used to give increased sustain.
The COMP/PEDALS Edit Row (third from the top) is the place to set up your
compressor. The Compression Level sets the amount of the compression, with higher
values giving more compression or “squeezing” of your sound. (The range if Off - 5).
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